it also depends on the context in which its said generally nigger is extremely offensive but hiding it especially in a classroom setting when teachers are trying to explain the severity and cruelty of racism throughout history just seems very hypocritical like trying to sweep the ugly past under the rug by saying the n word ive also never heard an rampb song use the n word in place of nigger the phrase nigger has been adopted by many people in retaliation to the oppression of the past